Eating Normal is Different Now

If you’re a frequent reader, I’m sure you noticed how little has been posted in the last few months. My husband and I decided to separate. We became another statistic among couples breaking up during the pandemic, and now the way I cook and eat is different. It’s been different since July, shortly after the latest post drought began. I’m not cooking family meals anymore. I’m not even really eating out anymore.

This is the new normal for a lot of people, especially in our generation. I’m not breaking any new ground by being a newly single woman at 30 after 6 years of marriage and 10 years of cooking to suit someone else’s food preferences. Eating Normal is now about eating and cooking for me, less about cooking for others.

What does all of this mean for you as readers? It means less restaurant reviews, more recipes. Reducing food waste and finding ways to extend the lives of the meals I cook has become infinitely more important to me as a single cook. There isn’t another person in my house there to help me kill leftovers, much less annihilate more than half of a recipe when it comes off the stove.

Supporting local farmers remains important to me, but on a budget, the grocery store remains the easiest way to pinch pennies. Smart shopping methods that save me money will be shared to save you money. Pantry recipes will be as important as our market recipes. 

My life has changed in the blink of an eye. One of the first things to change was the way I eat, and it’s time to adjust to a new normal. I intend to document that adjustment as closely as I can. Fortunately, I will have more time to devote to content creation here and on my social media platforms. 

I appreciate your support through this dry spell of posting, and I hope that the new direction I am taking in my creative work with food will be enjoyable for you as readers and cooks. As you know, I never ask for you to take a look at my support page on the website to sign up for patreon or donate through kofi. If you decide to do that from this point forward, know that that money will go toward supplies for recipe development that only come from our local farmers. I will be revamping our patreon rewards to provide you with additional content if you choose to support.